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DaimlerChrysler South Africa (DCSA)

DaimlerChrysler is one of the world’s largest automotive, transportation and services companies. It has manufacturing operations in 37 countries and distribution operations in more than 200 countries. DCSA has three main plants that manufacture, market, import and export motor vehicles and automotive parts. (March 2004)

Key questions

What level of prevalence and business impact analysis is required to financially justify offering comprehensive treatment including Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART)?
What level of internal project management and technical expertise is necessary to ensure that the programme is sustainable after the initial public-private partnership ends?
How can the impact and effectiveness of community interventions be assessed?

Programme description

DCSA formed a partnership with labour, represented by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, management and GTZ to prevent new infections, to provide care, support and treatment for HIV-positive employees and dependants and to play an advocacy role regarding HIV/AIDS interventions at the workplace, in the community and at provincial and national levels.

DCSA first codified its HIV/AIDS workforce policies in 1996. The policy is updated annually in the first quarter of every year and the most recent version was written in April 2002. Each version is signed and approved by the union and management.

Workplace prevention programmes focus on behaviour change through intensive employee and management education, utilisation of a peer educator approach, services of nurse practitioner counsellors, condom promotion and distribution, and Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT).

Every employee is required to belong to the Corporate Health Plan, which ensures funding for HIV/AIDS treatment for employees and dependants (Aid for AIDS (AFA) disease management programme) including Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART). Each business unit also provides wellness programmes, which can include general health promotion, nutritional support and counselling, Syndromic STI management, tuberculosis (TB) treatment through Directly Observed Therapy Short course (DOTS) and health status monitoring.

Click here to view the current document on the DCSA website:

WEF:

Click here to view the full document.
Click here to view the DCSA HV/Aids Policy.

Related information:

DCSA also supports a large project to develop HIV/AIDS programmes at SME level. Click here for more information.

Click here for information on the Siyakhana Project (March 2007)

Click here for the Project newsletter (November 2007) Enewsletter (Siyakhana) 124.80 Kb

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